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1Ki 5:11 — And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat [for] food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

measures		Heb. cors. 1Ki 4:22; *marg:; 2Ch 2:10
twenty measures		"""Twenty thousand baths of oil"" are mentioned in Chronicles; and the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint also have here ""twenty thousand measures."" But as barley and wine are also spoken of there, it is probable that the wheat mentioned here, and the small quantity of fine oil, were intended for the use of Hiram's own family, while that in Chronicles was for his workmen."

Correlating Passages

measures

	1Ki 4:22	And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
	2Ch 2:10	And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 5:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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